Pipe or rod cutter.



G. MULLINS. PIPE 0R ROD GUTTER.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 26, 1011.

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GILBERT MULLINS, OF LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN FRANK, 0F LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS.

PIPE OR ROD CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 26, 1911.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

Serial No. 646,099.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GILBERT MULLINS, a citizen o'l the United States, residing at Leavenworth, in the county o Leavenworth and State oit' Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pipe or Rod Cutters, of which the following is a specitication.

This invention relates to pipe or rod cutters, which as is shown is in the nature of an attachment removably secured to one end oit the shank of a wrench, which 'forms the handle therefor.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following specific description is read in connection with the :uscoinlnmying drawing, which itorms a part ot this application, and in which liigure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. il is a side elevation, partly in section, ot' the pipe cutting attachment.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 represents an elongated shank oit the wrench which Ais threadedly adjustable 'in the handle 3. The shank is provided at its outer end with a aw L and has its opposite end bi't'urcated as at `1-l and extended beyond the outer end of the handle 3. Secured within the biturcated portion oit the shank by means of screws 15 or other similar devices, is a two part trame, shown at 1G and 17. rlhe parts 1G and 17 have one side hinged together as shown at 18, and the trame latched by a hoo-k 19 which is pivoted upon the part lo, and engages an aperture in the part 17, and arranged to lie Aflush with the side oi the trame.

'lhe sides oft the portion 17 are internally grooved, and slidably mounted in the grooves is a block 20 carrying a cutting roller 21 which coacts with a similar roller 22, carried by the part '1(5, to sever a pipe The block 20 is rigidly secured to one end of the screw i2?) which passes through a nonthreaded bore in the closed end ot the part 17 'tor slidable movement theretlu'ough, and has threadedly secured to its 't'ree end a curved plate Q-t which normally engages the closed end oit the part 17 and serves as a handle Ytor retracting the cutter 21. A nut 25 is threaded upon the screw and adapted to work .in the recess 25 of the part 17 to limit the outward movement ot the cutter ill. spiral sprine' 2(3 surrounds the screw 55 and has one of its ends bearingagainst `the end ol. the part 17, and its opposite end engaging the block 2() and operating to force the block 2O with its associated roller toward the roller 22, and thus preventing casual backward sliding oi the block E20.

In operation oit' the pipe cutting device, the hook 19 is released ilrom the aperture in the part Y17 and this part swung back on its pivot 1S until sullicicnt room is provided 65 Yt'or the insertion o'li the pipe between the cutters. The cutter 2l is then withdrawn by means ot the plate 2land the part 17 swung into latehed position, a'lter which the plate Q-l is released which permits the spring` Q6 70 to 'lorce the cutter 2L :forwardly into engagement with the pipe. It will oit course be understood that a spring of sullicient strength is used to maintain the roller in etl'ective engagement with the pipe to sever 75 the same, and that the nut Q5 may be adljusted upon the screw 2?, to vary the degree ol opening between the rollers to accommodate pipes ol ditterent dianuaters.

What l claim iszlu a pipe cutter, a easing comprising a stationary member and a movable member hingedly secured to said stationary member and provided with a recess in the end thereoli, means t'or securing said members to- 85 gether, a cutter journaled .in said stationauyy member, a block slidable within said movable member, a cutter journaled in said block` a screw connu-ted with said block and extending through said recess and the end 90 ot said movable member` a spring surroundino; said screw and vieldingly pressing said blot-lt, a plate tln'eadedly secured to the free end o'lf said screw 'lor sliding said block, and a nut adjustably mounted on said screw for 95 cooperation with said recess, substantially as and 'tor the purpose set toi-th,

ln testimony whereot I allix my signature in presence ot two witnesses.

G l lfl E RT M ULLTNS.

lVitnesses:

Tiros. C. Tarma, Lewis E. foon Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner o1' Patents, Washington, D. C. 

